Board of Public Works & Safety

AGENDA BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS & SAFETY Monday, January 23, 2023 Meeting to be held at 8:30 a.m., local time in the Common Council Chambers, City Hall Building 100 East Michigan Boulevard, Michigan City, Indiana and hosted by “Hybrid/ZOOM” and streaming live on “My Michigan City” Facebook page TO CONNECT TO ZOOM PLEASE SEE ATTACHED INSTRUCTIONS APPROVAL OF MINUTES . . . . . . Regular “HYBRID/ZOOM” meeting January 9, 2023 AWARDING OF BIDS 2023 Purchase of Backhoe Loader for the Michigan City Street Department. AWARDING OF BIDS Purchase of a 2022 Municipal Tractor for the Michigan City Street Department. Page 1 Agenda January 23, 2023 Posted January 19, 2023 RESOLUTION DETERMINING THAT FUNDING FOR CERTAIN OUSTANDING PURCHASE ORDERS FROM 2022 SHOULD BE ENCUMBERED AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY CONTROLLER TO ENCUMBER SUCH FUNDS Virginia Keating RESOLUTION REQUIRING THE VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS AND CONTROLLER’S OFFICE TO SUBMIT PROOF OF FUNDING FOR ALL REQUESTS PENDING IN FRONT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS & SAFETY Virginia Keating REQUEST FOR Johnny Stimley representing Mainstreet Association is requesting STREET a street closure for their annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade Saturday, CLOSURE March 11, 2023, from 11:45 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Page 2 Agenda January 23, 2023 Posted January 19, 2023 REQUEST FOR Charlotte Frierson 413 7th Street, is requesting a streetlight STREETLIGHT to be placed on the corner of 8th Street and Michigan Boulevard RELOCATION OF Mary Sypnieski 2005 Wabash Street, is requesting to relocate SNOW ROUTE SIGN the “Snow Route” sign at the end of her driveway REQUEST TO Marty Corley, Assistant Chief of Operations, is requesting to solicit SOLICIT BIDS bids to lease two (2) 2022 Dodge Ram 1500 trucks with Hemi 5.7 L V8 engines for the Animal Control Department, with a trade in of a 2009 Ford F-150 truck Page 3 Agenda January 23, 2023 Posted January 19, 2023 TEMPORARY HOLD Patrick Voltz, Park Department, is requesting the Board of Works ON ADEVERTISING to not approve flags or signs to be placed on Franklin Street from SIGNS 9th Street north on 4th Street due to the City’s Christmas lights/displays from November 20, 2023- January 8, 2024 REQUEST Brad Minnick, Primera Engineers, Ltd is requesting additional FOR ADDITIONAL streetlights to be placed at Elston, Cedar, and York (cul-de-sacs), STREETLIGHTS Streets and Tennessee Street north of 11th Street in response to The NICTD Double Track and a new pole and light installation that will be required at Tennessee, Elston, and Cedar Streets (with a streetlight that can be installed on pole #242-858 on York Street) SPEED LIMIT Corporal Brian Wright, MCPD, is requesting two (2) 20-mph “Speed SIGN REQUEST Limit” signs on North Roeske Avenue on the east side and installed across from 914 N Roeske Avenue, at 1103 N Roeske Avenue Page 4 Agenda January 23, 2023 Posted January 19, 2023 SPEED LIMIT Councilwoman Angie Deuitch is requesting A Speed SIGN REQUEST Trailor to be placed at Woodlawn Avenue and Countyline Road for traffic issues. UPDATE David Cooney, Assistant Chief of Police, is requesting to MCPD POLICIES update two (2) MCPD policies (Policy #23 Use of Force and Policy and Policy #43 Vehicle Pursuits) as directed by the Indiana Law Enforcement Training Board to be compliant with their directive of adoption. REQUEST TO David Cooney, Assistant Chief of Services, is requesting to dispose DISPOSE OF of unused/expired dog license tags from 2019-2022 as they can not CITY PROPERTY be reused, per the Michigan City Records Department. Page 5 Agenda January 23, 2023 Posted January 19, 2023 PAYROLL DOCKET January 13, 2023 City Payroll $ 635,145.75 CLAIMS DOCKET January 23, 2023 Municipal $ 2,005,032.16 Health & Life Ins. Fund $ 529,799.64 CDBG $ 15,514.42 Total Claims: $ 2,550,346.22 UNFINISHED BUSINESS – Pending Items PUBLIC COMMENT NOTE: Public Comment is limited to three (3) minutes. All comments are to be addressed to the Board President not to the individual Board members. “All comments must be germane to and within the mandate and authority of this Board” BOARD COMMENT Page 6 Agenda January 23, 2023 Posted January 19, 2023 ADJOURNMENT _________________________ Gale A. Neulieb, City Clerk How to connect to “Hybrid Zoom” You are invited to a Zoom webinar. When: January 23, 2023, 8:30 AM Central Time (US and Canada) Topic: Board of Works Meeting Please click the link below to join the webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83986774000?pwd=eG1aSytwYWtheDRtNFlDcDRYTlN5UT09 Passcode: 904817 Or One tap mobile: US: +16465588656,8 3986774000#,,,,*904817# or +13017158592,,83986774000#,,,,*904817# Or Telephone: Dial (for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location): US: +1 646 558 8656 or +1 301 715 8592 or +1 312 626 6799 or +1 669 900 9128 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 346 248 7799 Webinar ID: 839 8677 4000 Passcode: 904817 International numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kdGqDK8Ojv Page 7 Agenda January 23, 2023 Posted January 19, 2023